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They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they went up, and encamped in Kiriath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan, unto this day; behold, it is behind Kiriath-jearim.

KJV

And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath–jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh–dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath–jearim.

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This verse in Judges 18

Commentary

8 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Mahaneh-dan - “The camp of Dan;” so called from the circumstance of this armament encamping there. See Jdg 13:25 (note), which affords some proof that this transaction was previous to the days of Samson.

This site's exposition

six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol

on Judges 18:11-13

Six hundred armed men is the number the book gives again at 20:47, where six hundred Benjamites survive the war on their tribe. They camp west of Kiriath-jearim, and the place keeps the name Mahaneh-dan, the camp of Dan, “to this day”. Judges 13:25 sets a Mahaneh-dan between Zorah and Eshtaol, and Clarke reads this verse as proof that the migration came before Samson.

This site's exposition

camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah

Kiriath-jearim means city of forests, and Barnes gives its other name as Kiriath-baal, on the road from Jaffa to Jerusalem. Henry takes the name Mahaneh-dan, the camp of Dan, as a sign that armed camps had grown rare in Israel. No other tribe marched with Dan.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), and such rare things had military encampments now become in Israel that the place where they rested that night was thence called Mahaneh-dan, the camp of Dan, and probably the place whence they began their march between Zorah and Eshtaol was called by the same name, and is meant, ch. xiii.

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And they went up and pitched in Kirjathjearim in Judah,.... Of which place see Jos 15:

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

It was strange that none of their brethren of their own tribe, much less of any other, came in to their assistance; but it was long after Israel came to Canaan before there appeared among them any thing of a public spirit, or concern for a common interest, which was the reason why they seldom united in a common head, and this kept them low and inconsiderable.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Their journey led them through the territory of Judah, and their first halting place was "behind," that is, on the west of Kirjath-jearim, on a spot called afterwards "the camp of Dan." Prosecuting the northern route, they skirted the base of the Ephraimite hills.
Kurjath-jearim - “City of forests,” otherwise called “Kirjath-Baal” (marginal reference.), identified by Robinson with the modern “Kurit-el-Enab,” on the road from Jaffa to Jerusalem and by Conder with Soba.

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַֽיַּעֲל֗וּand they went up

    vaiyaaluH5927 →890 times

  • וַֽיַּחֲנ֛וּand they encamped

    vaiyachanuH2583 →143 times

  • בְּקִרְיַ֥תat Kiriath

    bekiryatH7157 →39 times

  • יְעָרִ֖יםJearim

    yearimH7157 →39 times

  • בִּֽיהוּדָ֑הin Judah

    bihudahH3063 →819 times

  • עַל־there-

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • כֵּ֡ן-fore

    kenH3651 →771 times

  • קָרְאוּ֩they called

    kareuH7121 →733 times

  • לַמָּק֨וֹם<to> the place

    lamakomH4725 →401 times

  • הַה֜וּא<the> that

    hahu'H1931 →1879 times

  • מַחֲנֵה־Mahaneh

    machaneh-H4265 →4 times

  • דָ֗ןDan

    danH4265 →4 times

  • עַ֚דuntil

    ʾadH5704 →1261 times

  • הַיּ֣וֹםthe day

    haiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • הַזֶּ֔ה<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

  • הִנֵּ֕הthere!

    hinehH2009 →843 times

  • אַחֲרֵ֖יbehind

    ʾachareiH310 →715 times

  • קִרְיַ֥תKiriath

    kiryatH7157 →39 times

  • יְעָרִֽים׃Jearim

    yearimH7157 →39 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Judges 13:25And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.5 worksJoshua 15:60Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah—two cities, along with their villages.3 works1 Chronicles 13:5–6So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.3 worksJoshua 15:9From the hilltop the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then bent around toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).3 works1 Samuel 7:1Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.2 works2 Chronicles 1:4Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Samuel 6:21So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”2 worksNehemiah 7:29the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Joshua 15:60

    Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah—two cities, along with their villages.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 18:14

      On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Judges 13:25

    And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

    it leads to

    • Judges 3:10

      The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against…

    • John 3:34

      For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 1:4

    Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 6:2

      And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who…

    • 2 Samuel 6:17

      So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

    • 1 Chronicles 15:25–28

      So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.

    • 1 Chronicles 15:1

      David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 7:1

    Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 6:2–4

      And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who…

About Judges

Jael, Deborah and Barak, Salomon de Bray, 1635. Public domain.
Jael, Deborah and Barak, Salomon de Bray, 1635. Public domain.
Judges: the study guide →Read Judges 18 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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